Minor in History and Philosophy of Science
Recent revisions to the program include expanded lists of courses for categories B and C. The revisions
will appear in the 2010/2011 on-line calendar once the changes have been approved by Senate.
The minor consists of 3.0 credits; at least one 0.5 credit must be from each of three categories, as
follows:
Category A – Core Courses
HP201
Revolution in Western Science, from Aristotle to the Enlightenment
HP202
Science in the Modern World, From 1800 to the Present
Category B – Disciplinary Courses
HI302*
Culture and Ideas in the Modern World
HI342
Culture and Ideas in the Modern World: Descartes to Darwin
HI343
Culture and Ideas in the Modern World: Marxism to Post-modernism
HI377
Science and Environment in Canadian History
HI458*
Society and Nature in the Victorian Age
HI474*
Nature and Environment in Canadian History
HI475*
Canadian History: Science, Culture and Society
PP201
Reasoning and Argumentation
PP204
Formal Logic
PP216
Critical Social Theory
PP217
Medical Ethics
PP224
Philosophy and the Environment
PP225
Theories of Knowledge
PP226
Philosophy of Science
PP259
Ancient Philosophy II
PP262
Modern Philosophy I
PP263
Modern Philosophy II
PP264
20th-Century Philosophy
HP390
Directed Study
Category C – Science in Historical and Philosophical perspectives
AN371
History of Anthropological Theory
AS101
Astronomy I: Our place in the cosmos
AS102
Astronomy II: Journey through the cosmos
AS105*
Astronomy and Space Science
BI226
Genetics
BI236
Cell and Molecular Biology
CH313
Structural Chemistry
CS100
Introduction to Media History
CS101
Mass Communication in Canada
CS213
Technology and Society
CS304
Canadian Communication Thought
EC327
ES298
GG452
KP241
MA233
MA235
MA238
MA318
PC242
PO316
PS390
RE203
RE216
SY321
SY406
History of Economic Analysis
Environmental Thought
Development of Geographic Thought
Historical & Philosophical Foundations of Physical Activity
Problem Solving in Mathematics
Introduction to Game Theory
Discrete Mathematics
Geometry
Modern Physics
Canadian Environmental Politics
History of Psychology
Science and Religion
Christianity and Western Culture: The Modern Period
Sociology of Medicine
Environmental Sociology
No more than 1.0 credit at the 100-level may count toward the HPS Minor. Students are
responsible for meeting course prerequisites and exclusions as directed by the relevant
Department.
Note: BI226 and BI236 have replaced the former approved Biology courses, BI223 and BI224.
Students already in progress in the HPS minor may count a maximum of 1.0 credit from this list of
Biology courses towards the minor: BI223, BI224, BI226, BI236.